Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, March 4, 1994 TAG: 9403050003
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Joe Kennedy
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Tickets are $25 and $19.50. For information or to charge by phone, call 343-8100, (804) 846-8100 in Lynchburg or 951-TICS in Blacksburg. The box office number is 981-1201.
Free shuttle buses will run to the center from the Williamson Road Parking Garage in downtown Roanoke, beginning at 6:15.
TUNE UP: The Shanghai String Quartet will present a concert Saturday night at 8 at Olin Theater at Roanoke College in Salem. The group will perform Beethoven's Op. 18, No. 6, Zhou Long's ``Song of the Ch'in'' and Dvorak's Op. 105.
John Hitchings, music professor at Radford University, will present a preview at 7:30 in Olin 325.
The quartet is regarded as one of the most exciting in its field. It has been ensemble-in-residence at the Tanglewood and Ravinia festivals and at the University of Richmond.
Tickets are $11 for adults and $7 for students 18 and under. The concert is sponsored by the Roanoke Valley Chamber Music Society. Call 375-2333.
IT'S SUMMER: George Winston, piano player and sometime guitarist, will bring his Summer Show to the Roanoke Civic Center auditorium Thursday night at 7:30. He'll play his ``rural folk'' piano pieces as well as stride piano, rhythm and blues and music from ``Peanuts.''
Tickets are $16.50, or, for students and senior citizens, $14.50. Those who attend are encouraged to bring donations of nonperishable food for the TAP/Southwest Virginia Second Harvest Food Bank.
To charge by phone, call 343-8100 or (804) 846-8100.
YUK-YUK: Comedian Jerry Clower will tell his country-style jokes Saturday night at 8 at Martinsville High School. Tickets are $10. The show is sponsored by Patrick Henry Community College.
For reservations, call 638-8777. Clower's comedy recordings are big sellers.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN: The Berlin Chamber Orchestra will perform Thursday night at 8 at Covington High School and March 12 at 8 in Olin Theater of Roanoke College.
Tickets in Covington are $15, or $12 for students. Call 962-6220. In Salem, they are $12, or $10 for students and senior citizens. Call 375-2333.
Directed by Heinz Schunk, the 16-member ensemble is noted for having nearly all its musicians stand while they play, for its fine musicianship and for Schunk's solo performance in each show.
ACTING THEATRICAL: ``Marvin's Room,'' a new comedy by Scott McPherson, will make its Virginia premiere Thursday through March 26 at Live Arts of Charlottesville. Show time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $8 and $6. Call (804) 293-7595 for the complete schedule.
The Cherry Tree Players of Lynchburg will present ``A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'' tonight and Saturday night and continuing on those nights through April 23. Tickets are $9. No children under age 6 will be admitted. Call (804) 528-0715.
Lawrence Roman's ``Alone Together'' is the comedy presentation of Playmakers & Co. in the New River Valley. It opens tonight for 10 performances at the group's playhouse at University Mall in Blacksburg. Call 382-0154.
``A ... My Name is Alice,'' a musical revue, opens Thursday night at 7 at Roscoe's, a club in Fairlea, W.Va., and continues March 12, 17, 18 and 19. It's from the Greenbrier Valley Theatre. Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for students and senior citizens. Call (304) 645-3838.
REAL PRETTY: The Cantate Singers of Lynchburg will present ``Fancies, A Cycle of English Choral Settings by John Rutter and A Selection of Art Songs and Lieder'' tonight at 8 in Gallery II of the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center. Admission is free with a ticket. Call (804) 237-4963 to get a ticket. Thomas Clarke-Jones directs.
by CNB